Governance
Meet our trustee board
Bfriends is made up of a board of twelve independent trustees who have worked with Birmingham Children's Trust's Corporate Parenting team on a range of projects, programmes and initiatives.
Our Co-Chairs
Led together, from two perspectives
The charity's co-chairs bring together institutional leadership from Birmingham Children's Trust and the lived experience of the young people Bfriends exists to support.
Lee Yale-Helms
Co-Chair · Director of Finance and Resources, Birmingham Children's Trust
Director of Finance and Resources, Birmingham Children's Trust.
Asma Al-Naamani
Co-Chair
Ambassador for children in care and care leavers, children's nurse and University of Birmingham PhD student.
The Board
Twelve trustees, one shared purpose
Joshua Cronin
Trustee
Managing Director, Evolve.
Leigh Garbutt
Trustee
National Social Values Manager, Fortem.
Daniel Hickman
Trustee
Director, Jacobs.
Hamish Munro
Trustee
Legal Marketing Consultant.
Lisa Jamieson
Trustee
Director of Corporate Parenting, Birmingham Children's Trust.
Ama Agbeze
Trustee
Former England Netball Captain and 2018 Commonwealth Gold Medallist.
Guy Rippon
Trustee
Head of Foundation, Aston Villa.
AJ Zafar
Trustee
Director, Kineticode.
2 more trustees complete the board
Full profiles for the remaining board members will be added here once approved.
For the current, official list of trustees, you can view our record on the Charity Commission register (registered charity number 1196813).
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Interested in joining our board?
We periodically look for new trustees who share our commitment to young people with care experience. Get in touch to find out more.
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